Shen Mengxi took the children and sat in the courtyard together, singing "Outside the long pavilion, by the ancient road, the grass is green"

"Jiayu!" A voice sounded outside the gate, Shen Mengxi looked back, it was Sun Shengyi, she was holding a child, pulling a child, and a bigger one, following behind, was only ten years old.

Shen Mengxi sighed, stood up, ran over quickly, and hugged her.

It was very kind to meet a friend from many years ago.

Sun Shengyi's two eldest children soon played with the children in the orphanage, the younger one, less than a year old, has not yet been weaned, from time to time lifted his mother's clothes, and made a humming sound in his mouth, which made Sun Shengyi very embarrassed. Shen Mengxi took her to the room, gave her a glass of warm milk, and asked her to feed the child. The child drank it with a crunch, with a circle of milk paste on her lips, she stretched out her little tongue, licked it quickly, and then clicked her mouth, nodded very happily, her small body arched one by one, and Sun Shengyi shed tears when she saw it.

Shen Mengxi held her hand and saw that she was so thin, "Shengyi, how are you now?" ”

Sun Shengyi glanced at Shen Mengxi and lowered his head, "Jiayu, I'm not good." Then the tears flowed even more.

It turned out that Sun Shengyi followed her in-laws in 1937 and moved to Chongqing, when the housing prices in Chongqing were already very high, and they bought a larger house with a large family and a servant, a family of more than 20 people.

In 38, Chongqing began to be bombed, and their house was blown up, and her husband's eldest brother and second brother were killed, and her eldest son also died.

House repairs are a lot of money, and funeral expenses are another big deal.

They simply sold the house and exchanged it for a smaller one.

In the next few years, they relied on their husband and wife to work to support the family, but in the bombing of the Great Tunnel tragedy, his husband happened to go out that night, hid in the bomb shelter, and suffocated to death inside.

Now there are only she, her mother-in-law, and her second sister-in-law with five children in the family, struggling to survive, and after completing two more funeral affairs, there is not much left in the family, prices are rising with the wind, and Sun Shengyi's salary is pitiful.

Some time ago, I saw the news in the newspaper and knew that Shen Mengxi was also in Chongqing, so I hesitated for several days before I came over.

Shen Mengxi hugged her, "You should have come to me a long time ago." ”

"In this world, it's not easy for anyone to live, if it weren't for a few children, I wouldn't come to trouble you." Sun Shengyi said with some embarrassment.

"Shengyi, you have also seen it, I am an orphanage here, there are many children to take care of, in my place, it should be even harder than outside, and it may be necessary for your sister-in-law to help with things, can you help me?"

Sun Shengyi suddenly choked up, then nodded silently, tears falling on the coarse cloth robe, "I understand." I can. ”

Lin Huiya came back from work, Shen Mengxi introduced them to them, and Lin Huiya also welcomed Sun Shengyi, "Great, our husband and wife are both teaching outside, Jiayu can't be busy in the orphanage at all, it's great that you can come!" ”

For the safety of their children, Bingbing and Ah Ping have been living in an orphanage, and there is no more suitable place than this in the mountain next to the yard, and there is no more suitable place than this.

Although the house in the orphanage is large, no matter how many of these eight people there are, it is very crowded. However, Shen Mengxi couldn't ignore them, so he rearranged it, invited someone to change the bamboo bed into a bunk bed, let the eldest child live in the upper bunk, and finally made room for their family.

Sun Shengyi discussed with her mother-in-law and rented her house, which was high and far away from the air-raid shelter.

The whole family of eight moved to the orphanage, her second sister-in-law looked sick, thin, her mother-in-law was still healthy, and offered to take care of a few children in the orphanage.

Sun Shengyi proposed that she, her mother-in-law and her eldest nephew help the orphanage work, no salary, as long as the whole family has a place to stay, and the rent of the house will be fully subsidized to the orphanage. The reason why she came to ask her former friend was that this orphanage had an independent bomb shelter.

Shen Mengxi agreed to it all and calmly accepted Sun Shengyi's money, which made Sun Shengyi breathe a sigh of relief.

The children usually attend classes and play games with the children in the orphanage, and the eldest boy needs to help with the tasks he can, such as cleaning and picking vegetables and carrying water.

Sun Shengyi no longer goes out to teach, and teaches children in the orphanage with peace of mind, and when her second sister-in-law is in good spirits, she also helps cook and light the fire, although it is hard, no one complains.

The alarm sounded, the children screamed and ran out of the room, Shen Mengxi opened the door of the air-raid shelter, the eldest child only cared about the children, entered in an orderly manner, and several adults also went in, but only the second lantern was hung, the eldest child took the roll call, counted the number of people, and reported it to Shen Mengxi, and she bolted the door.

There is prepared food and water inside the bomb shelter. Sun Shengyi looked at the air-raid shelter with bright lights and air circulation, and couldn't help but shed tears again while holding her little daughter.

Wang Shouqing's injuries improved, but his left arm could not be fully straightened.

In the spring of 1942, Wang Shouqing and Shen Mengxi held a simple and lively wedding, attended only by Zhang Jiaxuan and the Liang couple, Sun Shengyi's family, Song Ziwen and a few of his friends.

Wang Shouqing was wearing a military uniform, and Shen Mengxi was wearing a purple cheongsam, set up two tables in the orphanage, and feasted relatives and friends for a meal, even if the ceremony was completed.

Both of them are married for the second time, and they both feel that it is not appropriate to make a noise, and maybe the next moment the alarm sounds, they will hide in the air-raid shelter, which is simply a simple matter.

The children in a courtyard sat around the long low table, sang the song of blessings, and ran around the yard excitedly after singing, shouting, this is the wedding atmosphere, Song Ziwen said a very poetic sentence, "The eyes are raining for her, but the heart is holding an umbrella for her, this is love." "I was a little moved after saying that."

Shen Mengxi and Wang Shouqing looked at each other and smiled.

Lin Huiya hugged Shen Mengxi, her tears flowed again and again, and whispered a word of blessing to you in her ear. I'm sorry.

Sun Shengyi was also sincerely happy for her friend, "It's good, you look like an old husband and wife who have been together for many years, you really envy me and others." Suddenly remembered something, and asked, "Jiayu, you got married without a wedding ring?" “

Sure enough, Shen Mengxi's fingers were bare.

King Shen and the others laughed.

- Wang Shouqing's marriage proposal is very real, he said this Jiayu, I think your side is the safest, you have pity on me, accept me.

Shen Mengxi let Wang Shouqing put a fire oil diamond ring on his finger, the ring was a little small, stuck in front of the second knuckle of the ring finger, and could not enter again, Wang Shouqing did not dare to exert himself, and was so busy that he was sweating.

"Which wild woman is this for? If you can't give it away, give it to me! Shen Mengxi shook his hands and pretended to be angry.

"Wronged me, this is for you! It's been years, do you know that your hands are fat? ”

Wang Shouqing touched Shen Mengxi's hand, he did everything in the orphanage every day, it had already become rough in the past few years, he raised that hand, lowered his head and kissed it solemnly, "Jiayu, marry me, let everyone feel at ease." If one day, I die on the battlefield, you will sell all the houses in Chongqing and Chengdu, take the money, and go to Germany, England, and the United States. I am a man, and I will die in my own country, you don't need to, you have to live well. ”

"I promised you." Shen Mengxi put his hand in Wang Shouqing's palm and said with a smile.

She decided not to care about life and death, no longer care about Wang Shouqing's life and death, and several common tribulations made her realize that sometimes, an instant is eternal. It was her perfectionist mentality that made her miss a lot.

She forgot the ring that was a little smaller.

did not prepare a ring for Wang Shouqing.

But seeing Wang Shouqing suddenly take out a box from his trouser pocket and open it, it was a fire oil diamond ring that had been enlarged, he grabbed Shen Mengxi's hand and put the ring on for her, and everyone cheered and applauded.

Shen Mengxi also smiled mysteriously, stroked his hair with his right hand, grabbed it gently, and spread his palm, and inside was a men's gold ring.

Bingbing shouted, "It's amazing! Do it again! ”

"No more! Just this once! Shen Mengxi smiled and put the ring on Wang Shouqing.

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